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Mount Chider

Coordinates: 72°6′S 169°10′E / 72.100°S 169.167°E / -72.100; 169.167
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Mount Chider
Highest point
Elevation3,110 m (10,200 ft)
Coordinates72°6′S 169°10′E / 72.100°S 169.167°E / -72.100; 169.167
Geography
LocationBorchgrevink Coast, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Parent rangeAdmiralty Mountains

Mount Chider is a notable mountain, 3,110 metres (10,200 ft) high, standing 2 nautical miles (4 km) southeast of Mount Hart in the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Commander Thomas J. Chider, helicopter pilot with U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 at McMurdo Station in Operation Deep Freeze 1968.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Chider, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2011-11-09.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Chider, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.